CSIRT Contracts in the South East

Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring CSIRT skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited CSIRT over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 156 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing CSIRT 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.100% - -
As % of the Systems Management category 0.82% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £480 - -
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £538 £650 £500
% change year-on-year -17.31% +30.00% -9.09%

All Systems Management Skills
South East

CSIRT falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring systems management skills in the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 364 715 809
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 12.09% 12.86% 13.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 268 504 593
10th Percentile £318 £209 £308
25th Percentile £425 £363 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £475 £543
Median % change year-on-year +5.37% -12.52% +8.60%
75th Percentile £591 £600 £625
90th Percentile £663 £650 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £575
% change year-on-year - -8.70% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 17 20
10th Percentile £20.77 £14.00 £18.27
25th Percentile £21.98 £23.63 £47.31
Median hourly rate £23.99 £47.50 £61.38
Median % change year-on-year -49.51% -22.61% +182.18%
75th Percentile £25.99 £50.00 £74.03
90th Percentile £27.20 £66.00 £76.31
England median hourly rate £27.38 £27.25 £57.50
% change year-on-year +0.46% -52.61% +167.44%

CSIRT
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing CSIRT as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for CSIRT in the South East

CSIRT
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CSIRT in the South East.

Daily rate trend for CSIRT in the South East

CSIRT
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CSIRT in the South East over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CSIRT in the South East

CSIRT
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CSIRT within the South East region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Berkshire - 2 £600 -
Thames Valley - 2 £600 -
Surrey - 1 £450 -
CSIRT
England

CSIRT
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
1 1 (33.33%) Modbus
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) IT Security Specialist
1 1 (33.33%) Security Specialist
1 1 (33.33%) SIEM Specialist
1 1 (33.33%) Technology Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (66.67%) Operational Technology
1 2 (66.67%) SCADA
2 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Response
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Management
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) SIEM
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Malware Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 1 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Strategic Planning
3 1 (33.33%) Strategic Roadmap
3 1 (33.33%) Threat Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Threat Modelling
3 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) CCNA
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (33.33%) CISM
2 1 (33.33%) CISSP
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (33.33%) MCSE
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (66.67%) NIST
3 1 (33.33%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) Splunk